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- Latin · derived frommīrus“wonderful, surprising, strange”
- English todaymirusvirus
From Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising, strange”) + virus.
Words from the same roots
Latinmīrus all →
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mirusvirus
Today it means: A virus of the phylum Mirusviricota, a widespread group of plankton-infecting viruses which forms a "missing link" between giant viruses and herpesviruses. Full definition →
Latin mīrus